BILL NUMBER: SB 264	CHAPTERED  04/22/99

	CHAPTER   15
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 22, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   APRIL 22, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   APRIL 15, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   APRIL 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 18, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Schiff
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Keeley)
   (Coauthor:  Senator McPherson)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Ashburn, Correa, Davis, Florez,
Granlund, Jackson, Kuehl, Lempert, Longville, Maldonado, Margett,
Nakano, Papan, Reyes, Romero, Runner, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg,
Wayne, Wesson, Wildman, and Zettel)

                        FEBRUARY 1, 1999

   An act to amend Section 60451 of the Education Code, relating to
instructional materials, making an appropriation therefor, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 264, Schiff.  Instructional materials.
   (1) Existing law, known as the Schiff-Bustamante Standards-Based
Instructional Materials Program, provides for the apportionment of
funds to school districts for the purchase of instructional materials
in the core curriculum that are aligned to content standards for
pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.  Existing law
requires that the instructional materials for pupils in kindergarten
and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, be adopted by the State Board of
Education using criteria developed subsequent to the adoption of
content standards.
   This bill would require that the instructional materials for
pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, be adopted by
the State Board of Education using criteria aligned to the adopted
content standards.
   (2) The Schiff-Bustamante Standards-Based Instructional Materials
Program provides for the apportionment of funds to school districts
for the purchase of instructional material in the core curriculum,
which is not limited to mathematics.
   Existing law, the Budget Act of 1998, appropriates $250,000,000
for instructional materials in mathematics.
   This bill would authorize, notwithstanding the provisions in the
Budget Act of 1998 or any other provision of law, the $250,000,000
appropriated by the Budget Act of 1998 to be expended for the
purposes of the Schiff-Bustamante Standards-Based Instructional
Materials Program, thereby making an appropriation.
   (3) The Schiff-Bustamante Standards-Based Instructional Materials
Program requires the State Department of Education to apportion funds
appropriated for purposes of the program on the basis of an equal
amount per pupil enrolled in public elementary schools and high
schools, excluding summer school, adult, and regional occupational
program and center enrollment, during the preceding fiscal year.
Existing law provides that this method of allocation, using
enrollment instead of average daily attendance, shall not be
construed as a precedent for future allocation methods for
instructional materials or for any other education program.
   Existing law, the Budget Act of 1998, provides that funds
appropriated by that measure for instructional materials for
mathematics shall instead be allocated on the basis of an equal
amount per unit of average daily attendance, rather than on the basis
of an equal amount per pupil.
   This bill would require, notwithstanding the provisions in the
Budget Act of 1998 or any other provision of law, that funding for
instructional materials in mathematics be allocated to school
districts and county offices of education on the basis of an equal
amount per pupil enrolled in public elementary schools and high
schools, excluding the enrollment of summer school, adult education
programs, and regional occupation centers and programs, in the prior
fiscal year, thereby making an appropriation.
  (4) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 60451 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   60451.  Each school district shall expend funds received pursuant
to this chapter for the sole purpose of purchasing instructional
materials in the core curriculum that are aligned to content
standards for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive,
that meet all of the following requirements:
   (a) The instructional materials are aligned with content standards
adopted by the State Board of Education in 1997 or 1998.
   (b) The instructional materials for pupils in kindergarten and
grades 1 to 8, inclusive, have been adopted by the State Board of
Education pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 60200) of
Part 33, using criteria  aligned to the adopted content standards.
   (c) The instructional materials for pupils in grades 9 to 12,
inclusive, are basic instructional materials, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 60010, that have been reviewed and
approved, through a resolution adopted by the local governing board,
as being aligned with the content standards adopted by the State
Board of Education in 1997 or 1998.
  SEC. 2.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funding
for instructional materials appropriated by Item 6110-150-0001 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1998 shall be expended for the
purposes of, and by the distribution method established in, Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 60450) of Part 33 of the Education Code.

   (b) Notwithstanding Provision 1 of Item 6110-150-0001 of Section
2.00 of the Budget Act of 1998, funds appropriated by that item shall
be allocated to school districts and county offices of education on
the basis of an equal amount per pupil enrolled in public elementary
schools and high schools, excluding the enrollment of summer school,
adult education programs, and regional occupation centers and
programs, in the prior fiscal year, as certified by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, based on California Basic
Education Data System data, as required by Sections 60452.5 and
60450.5 of the Education Code.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for funding for instructional materials appropriated in
the Budget Act of 1998 to be allocated in accordance with Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 60450) of Part 33 of the Education Code, as
added by Chapter 312 of the Statutes of 1998, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.
